Comments on: Reusing and reusing! https://ecothriftyliving.com/2013/11/reusing-and-reusing.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reusing-and-reusing Change your life by saving money and the environment! Tue, 06 Oct 2020 14:42:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Zoe https://ecothriftyliving.com/2013/11/reusing-and-reusing.html#comment-420 Sun, 17 Nov 2013 17:09:56 +0000 http://ecothriftyliving.com/wp3/uncategorized/reusing-and-reusing/#comment-420 Thanks for the pattern Lisa!

]]> By: Anonymous https://ecothriftyliving.com/2013/11/reusing-and-reusing.html#comment-419 Sat, 16 Nov 2013 22:10:30 +0000 http://ecothriftyliving.com/wp3/uncategorized/reusing-and-reusing/#comment-419 As promised my favourite dishcloth knitting patterns seed stitch
4.5mm needles ( size 7 old money) cast on 33 ( or any odd number over this)
R1 Knit
R2 knit one *knit 1 below, knit 1repat from *
R3 knit
R4 knit2 knit 1 below * knit 1 knit 1 below . repeat from * to last 2 stitches Knit2

repeat these four rows until you are either fed up of it or the cloth is the size you want!

Chinese wave
size4.5 needles ( size 7) cast on 45 stitches

R1 knit
R2 *knit1 slip1* repeat to last stitch knit1
R3 knit
R4 knit 2 *slip 1 knit 1* repeat to last 3 stitches slip 1 knit 2

I buy unbleached 100% cotton yarn from my local shop and it costs about £1.10 to make two really good size cloths. happy stitching! Lisa ( tea4lisa)

]]> By: Zoe https://ecothriftyliving.com/2013/11/reusing-and-reusing.html#comment-418 Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:03:09 +0000 http://ecothriftyliving.com/wp3/uncategorized/reusing-and-reusing/#comment-418 Clothes could make good cleaning rags depending on the material. It might be worth testing how well they mop up spillages before you chop them up! I don't boil them, I just wash them on a hot wash between uses.

]]> By: Sandy https://ecothriftyliving.com/2013/11/reusing-and-reusing.html#comment-415 Sat, 16 Nov 2013 12:21:37 +0000 http://ecothriftyliving.com/wp3/uncategorized/reusing-and-reusing/#comment-415 Why have I not thought of this? Great idea! I'm just about to make a donation of clothes to the charity shop as part of our decluttering exercise. After reading this I wonder if any of them would be useful as cleaning rags? Do you boil them up in between uses to decontaminate?

I've just started blogging on our 'Un-Paving Paradise' experiment of a more thrifty, ethical and eco-friendly Christmas.

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